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Real Estate/Development

Aug. 24, 2022

Report: Half of new housing units challenged under CEQA

Monday's report, published by the California Center for Jobs & the Economy and the California Business Roundtable. It found that 47,999 housing units were targeted by CEQA lawsuits in 2020 alone.

A new report claims almost half of new housing units in the state are challenged under the California Environmental Quality Act. But some who have opposed projects under CEQA say the law is unfairly maligned -- and that some developments will make the housing situation worse.

"As our one-year snapshot of 2020 CEQA lawsuits shows, almost 50,000 housing units were challenged with anti-housing CEQA lawsuits - and thousands more were blocked in...

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